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A domain controller is a server in a Microsoft Active Directory or NT4 domain that is responsible for central authentication.

In Microsoft Active Directory and NT4 domains, a domain controller is the central repository for all of the user account authorization information. It allows a person to sign on once and be allowed access to many different resources.

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Domain Controller can't receive inbound pings / Firewall can't be enabled

I can ping everything from the domain server but it doesn't show up on any ping sweeps from client machines. Also, the firewall service is off but can't be turned on. It says that there is another service using it. Is that normal? Here's a screen…
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Plugging domain controller into another network

I have a W2K8 domain controller network and everything was working perfectly on a network router on 192.168.0.1. It is also a DHCP server. I had to temporarily move the domain controller into another physical place. So I plugged it into a router…
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run installer on all machines on domain

is it reasonable to automatically run an installer (for an activex control) as administrator on all machines in my domain, using an out-of-the-box windows (any version)?
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Windows 2003 - How to reconnect a 2 month offline domain controller

Will I have a problem if I reconnect a 2 month offline domain controller on the network?
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Reformat Primary Domain Controller

The current network configuration is as follows. 5 Servers Server 1: Windows Server 2003 R2 (Server in question to reformat) Primary Domain Controller + VPN + WSUS + DHCP + DNS Server 2: Windows Server 2003 R2, Exchange 2003, DFS, SVN, Secondary…
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Questions on how a secondary DC works

I manage a single domain controller and I am planning to implement a backup domain controller for what are very obvious reasons, but I have some questions: 1) If I switch off my secondary dc and then make changes to my primary DC and take my…
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How to find which services/tasks in a domain are using domain credentials?

I've got an old service account that is attached to an undetermined amount of scheduled tasks and services across 7 or 8 servers. Unfortunately, this account was created by a previous employee who failed to document the password, so now I need to…
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Merging Multi-Platform Domains

I really did not know how to title this one its quite a complicated one. Or I am just completely overlooking the solution telling me I need to open my eyes. Scenario: Two Companies, Company A and Company B Two Domains, Domain A and Domain B Two…
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Windows 2008 R2 DNS cant resolve own SOA

We have two Domain Controllers for our network. They both run DHCP, DNS, and ADS. They are both VM's sitting on MS Hyper V Server 2008 on separate physical hosts. We had our primary DC go down a week ago. I upgraded an already existing VM to Primary…
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Windows 2008 Domain Controller - Backup (BDC) to Primary (PDC)

I have created a new domain controller with my single domain forest. I have also made it DHCP and DNS ready - all 3 services have synchronised with the existing W2K8 domain controller. I even migrated the FSMO roles and thought everything was fine.…
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Starting VM as an executable with as low overhead as possible

Is there a solution to create a virtual machine and start it by having an executable file, that will start the machine? If possible to start as quickly as possible. Strange situation? Not at all. Read on... Real life scenario Since we can't have…
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Computer Invisible On Domain

One of our Linux users attempted to install Cygwin on our Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller. Now it is no longer possible to browse the domain and see all of the computers. For example, \\my_domain_name will just bring up a username/password…
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For a new domain controller

I have 2 series of IP.I want to make a domain controller in windows server 2003.all clients system are XP.I want to know can i make a domain server.if yes how its is possible ?
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WSS audiences dont show all AD Groups

Not all of my AD Groups are showing in the Audience list. I want to create a new audience based on if the user is in a group. Some AD groups show up, and others don't. Many the newer ones do not show up. My connection is pulling (im pretty sure) the…
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Why does a Domain Controller have a public IP

Just wondering why a Domain Controller has a public IP address?
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